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Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Joseph Romeric Lopy | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 15 March 1992 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Boutoupa, Senegal | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Angers | |||||||||||||
Number | 8 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
2008–2011 | Diambars | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2011–2015 | Sochaux II | 24 | (1) | |||||||||||
2011–2015 | Sochaux | 56 | (1) | |||||||||||
2015–2016 | Boulogne | 21 | (4) | |||||||||||
2016–2018 | Clermont | 52 | (5) | |||||||||||
2018–2020 | Orléans | 74 | (11) | |||||||||||
2020–2023 | Sochaux | 51 | (2) | |||||||||||
2022–2023 | Sochaux II | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
2023– | Nîmes | 16 | (0) | |||||||||||
2023– | Angers | 24 | (3) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Senegal U-23 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
2020– | Senegal | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 October 2020 |
Joseph Romeric Lopy (born 15 March 1992) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Angers.
Born in Boutoupa, Lopy is a product of Diambars. He signed a trainee contract with Sochaux, and signed a professional contract with the Ligue 1 club in 2012. [1] After five years with the Montbéliard side, his contract was not extended, and he signed with Boulogne of the Championnat National. [2]
On 25 January 2023, Lopy joined Nîmes in Ligue 2 for a season. [3] [4] At the end of the season with Nîmes, Joseph Lopy remains in Ligue 2. He joined Angers SCO in July 2023 by signing a contract which covers two seasons. [5]
Lopy made his Senegal national team debut on 9 October 2020 in a friendly against Morocco. [6]
He was part of Senegal's squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations; the Lions of Teranga went on to win the tournament for the first time in their history. [7] [8]
Lopy was appointed a Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion by President of Senegal Macky Sall following the nation's victory at the tournament. [9]
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